FYI, Below is two posts to the ABC's Science Matters list. -- Regards, Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.)
Forwarded conversation Subject: Students given Wikipedia assignments was Re: Arguments from ignorance ------------------------ From: Morris Gray <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 7:36 AM To: ABC Science Matters Discussion List <[email protected]> Wikipedia is even more quickly becoming a nemesis; and proof that things go from order to disorder. The ever-growing online encyclopedia's strategy of letting anyone with an Internet connection edit and revise, the argument usually goes, makes it unreliable, unacademic -- and off limits. But then Freudenreich, 21, was given a surprising assignment by her Latin American literature professor: instead of writing term papers, the class would be writing Wikipedia articles. http://career.ottawasun.jobboom.com/work-life/2008/07/09/6109086-cp.html http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/04/28/wiki There is a trend for more and more teachers to use Wikipedia for assignments, both to use it as a source and for students to create assignments on it. Here is an example from Florida State University http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~breno/CIS-6930/advanced.html There are more and more attempts to create the perfect wiki. Google's Knol has been a washout and will be shut down by the end of 2009. http://knol.google.com/ http://www.curriki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Main/LearnMore http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Main_Page http://www.scholarpedia.org/ And then there is the complete lunatic fringe. http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/index.php/Wikipedia So the watch words for 2009.... Never believe anything you read or hear and only half of what you see. Morris ================================================================================= Science Matters is an un-moderated email list hosted by the ABC. Opinions expressed belong to the individual message poster(s)and not the ABC. More detailed information about the Science Matters list, including how to UNSUBSCRIBE can be found online at: http://abc.net.au/science/getinvolved/?site=science§ion=email&page=03&listaction=unsubscribe If you have problems unsubscribing or want to report any other issues, please email: [email protected] ---------- From: Richard Levy <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 8:04 AM To: ABC Science Matters Discussion List <[email protected]> That is really sad but activities over the few days probably make it reality. Richard ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 08:06:13 +1100 > Subject: Students given Wikipedia assignments was Re: Arguments from ignorance > _______________________________________________ Wikimediaau-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l
